Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Armenian Highland
National Language
Abkhazia
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
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Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Interesting Facts
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Greek
Derived From
Caucasian languages
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Alphabets in
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Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
амритана
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
Амарахь
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
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Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Caucasus
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 3
Sadz
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Turkey
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Second Language Speakers
-
Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
abkhaze
arménien
German Name
Abchasisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[abxaz]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Armenians
Origin
c. 1650
late 5th century
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language
Signed Armenian
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
abkh1244
arme1241
Linguasphere
No data Available
57-AAA-a
Language Type
Historical
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Abkhaz and Armenian Speaking population
Abkhaz and Armenian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and Armenian languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and Armenian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Armenian language is 0.22 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Abkhaz and Armenian on Abkhaz vs Armenian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Abkhaz and Armenian Language Codes
Abkhaz and Armenian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Abkhaz and Armenian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.